Fake news evidence session in Washington D.C.

08 February 2018

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee questions Google, Facebook and media experts on fake news. The session takes place in Washington DC, the ever first select committee session to be live-streamed from abroad.

Evidence session

MPs from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee spend a day in Washington D.C. taking evidence on Fake News and misinformation at George Washington University. Starting at 14.00 (UK time) Global policy leads from Google (14.00), Facebook (15.00) and Twitter (16.00) will be questioned on their role in tackling the proliferation of fake news and rogue content on their platforms. MPs will hear from leading policy experts (18.00) and senior executives at media organisations including the News Media Alliance, CNN, The New York Times and CBS News (19.00).

This is the first ever live broadcast, public hearing of a House of Commons select committee outside of the United Kingdom. It will be a formal proceeding of the UK Parliament. A transcript of the proceedings will be available later via the Official Report/Hansard.

As advertised previously, the Committee is visiting the US. The Committee programme includes a number of private meetings with tech and media companies in New York before travelling to Washington DC and taking oral evidence in public session. The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and School of Media and Public Affairs will host the public evidence session for the Committee.